Gashimov and Wang Yue drew their games today, but Carlsen defeated Bacrot to join the leaders in the final standings. The three winners share prize money as well as Grand Prix points. Round report and video now added.
Video report of Round 13 Video Report of Closing Ceremony

First Grand Prix in the history of chess, was organised in a chess country, in Baku, Azerbaijan. 5th May, at 20:00 Closing Ceremony was organised in the main playing hall. We bring you pictures from the ceremony in Photo Gallery.

Chess is cute! Round 13 Photo Gallery is up!

Monday, 05 May 2008

Maybe the temperature in Baku is warm, but in the Grand Prix playing hall it's hot and burning. Hearts are beating faster and spectators, organizers, seconds and journalists feel it. What about the stars? Are they human beings, or robots?

See today's photos in the Photo Gallery, and decide! We love this sport...

FIDE Media Team

Videos and GM commentary

Tuesday, 22 April 2008

Round 13 starts at 14:00 hrs local time, 11:00 CET!

Live commentary: GM Sergey Shipov comments on the gamesduring the round; Russian and English versions are provided. Videos: The FIDE Media Team created many video files from the FIDE Grand Prix tournament Baku 2008.

Interviews: Each day one interview will be served at the interview section.
Chess Media System: Each round all games will be analysed by GM Zurab Azmaiparashvili and uploaded to this website.